MTN Amashova Cycle Classic Entries are now open!
Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
Telecommunications giant MTN has thrown its weight behind one of the safest but toughest and most grueling cycling events, now known as the MTN Amashova National Classic in Durban Cycle Race.
The MTN Amashova 106km race from the Pietermaritzburg City Hall to Durban takes place on Sunday, October 18, starting at 6.30am as well as the [...]
continue readingTravel blog: Waiters, punters and nuns: Bristol, Bath and Cambridge.
Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
I ate cheddar sat outside the post-office in Cheddar, having enjoyed trundling up the M5 from Devon, the sun creeping out from behind a rainy weekend, the test match coverage clear on a normally petulant and croaky radio.
continue readingWhat’s on this weekend in the UK – 1/2 August 2009
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Summer is charging onwards and there are so many festivals and summer events to attend it is difficult to choose! Here’s pick of what’s on this weekend, August 1st and 2nd around Britain.
continue readingClassical Music with Wine Tasting in the Chianti Area, Tuscany
Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009
If you want to combine classical music concerts with wine tastings while visiting Tuscany in the early of August, the medieval village of San Donato in Poggio, in the heart of Chianti, has a lot to offer you.
“Chianti in Musica“, the summer festival of San Donato in Poggio, from July 30 through August 8, [...]
continue readingBelize Trip Reviews – New York, New Jersey, USA – March 2009
Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
continue readingFNB Whisky Live Festival’s popularity sees an extra festival day added in!
Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Now in its seventh year, The FNB Whisky Live Festival has grown into the largest whisky and lifestyle event of its kind, attracting more visitors and brands than any other whisky festival globally.
And the organisers have promised that this year’s show – which runs from 4th to 6th November 2009 in Cape Town [...]
Summer Festivals in Venice: Venezia Jazz Festival
Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2009
The Jazz Festival of Venice — “Venezia Jazz Festival” — offers a number of concerts and performances at venues such as Teatro La Fenice, Piazza San Marco and other key venues in the city late July / early August.
Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Charles Lloyd Quartet, Richard [...]
Off the beaten track in Kenya
Posted on Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Kenya is known as the home of safari holidays and idyllic coastal breaks but there is also a wealth of adventure lurking deep in the mountains and lakes of Kenya.
continue readingLondon is still relatively cheap this summer
Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009
In the past few years the British Pound has been on a roller coaster of exchange rates, along with most of the rest of the world’s major currencies. Last summer it was over US$2 for Americans, and just a few months ago it got down below US$1.40. Lately it’s settled around the US$1.60 mark, which [...]
What’s on this Weekend in the UK – 25/26 July
Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
The school holidays are upon us so here’s a great selection of fun days out and family activities from around the UK. From dressing up at BeWILDerwood to a festival of history in Northamptonshire and falconry displays in Surrey, the kids are sure to be entertained.
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